Six Bangladeshi soldiers die in Ivory Coast accident

DHAKA, Aug 26 (Reuters) Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been killed and 12 injured in a road accident in Ivory Coast, army sources in Dhaka today said.

''The accident occurred yesterday while a Bangladeshi convoy was travelling to Abidjan from outside the capital,'' said an army public relations official.

''The victims were all Bangladeshi soldiers,'' he said.

Two of the injured were in critical condition, an army statement later said.

Bangladesh has nearly 3,000 soldiers with the U.N.

peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast.

Overall, around 10,000 Bangladeshis have been working in 12 U.N. missions worldwide, the army said.

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